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The New-Look CFP Has New Dates: 2024 Playoff to Start in December Against NFL Games-update
Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:28 pm
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Commissioners determined preliminary dates for the additional Playoff games of the expanded College Football Playoff, voting to hold first-round games that conflict with the NFL and semifinals on midweek nights. CFP executive director Bill Hancock confirmed the dates during an interview with reporters following the final day of commissioner meetings this week in the Dallas suburb.
In the 2024 Playoff, the first-round games, played at the home site of the better seed, will kick off the third week of December. One game will be played Friday night, Dec. 20, and three games Saturday, Dec. 21. The NFL begins playing Saturday regular-season games that weekend.
Three of the four quarterfinals are slated for New Year’s Day with one quarterfinal scheduled on New Year’s Eve (a Tuesday night) or Jan. 2. None of them conflict with NFL games. The 2024 semifinals are scheduled to be played on a midweek day, Hancock says. That would presumably be Thursday and/or Friday, Jan. 9–10, in an effort to avoid the NFL’s wild-card weekend, which begins that Saturday.
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Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:35 pm to RLDSC FAN
So only one Saturday will have playoff games? The rest of them (including the natty) will be on week days? 
Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:38 pm to RLDSC FAN
A game in a place like Columbus or Ann Arbor on December 21 doesn't seem ideal, but I will enjoy the freakshow.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:40 pm to Bunk Moreland
Isn't that a good thing for the Big 10? You could get some southern teams to finally head up north
Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:43 pm to RLDSC FAN
Expanded playoff is a disaster
Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:44 pm to Big4SALTbro
I am with you. There is already fatigue now by the time of the championship game. Playing the quarters on NYD will make it worse.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:46 pm to RLDSC FAN
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The 2024 semifinals are scheduled to be played on a midweek day, Hancock says
What the frick hahaha
Posted on 4/27/23 at 1:47 pm to RLDSC FAN
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voting to hold first-round games that conflict with the NFL and semifinals on midweek nights.
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the first-round games, played at the home site of the better seed, will kick off the third week of December. One game will be played Friday night, Dec. 20, and three games Saturday, Dec. 21. The NFL begins playing Saturday regular-season games that weekend.
So if they are avoiding games that conflict with the nfl schedule, why are they playing games that do conflict with the nfl schedule?
Posted on 4/27/23 at 2:00 pm to Bunk Moreland
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A game in a place like Columbus or Ann Arbor on December 21 doesn't seem ideal, but I will enjoy the freakshow.
Is it any less ideal than a playoff game in Green Bay, Chicago, Cincinnati or Buffalo in January? They seem to make it work.
Hell, if you are Ohio State or Michigan I would think you would LOVE the chance to force a team from the south to have to play in freezing temps (with the possibility of snow). As it stands now with the season ending in late November it really hasn't gotten terribly cold in places like Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa, Clemson, Athens, etc. So having to play a game in 20 degree temps with snow would be a WHOLE different ball game!
Posted on 4/27/23 at 2:03 pm to TackySweater
Remember, round 1 is teams seeded 5-12. Its like a bowl game for them which a lot are during the week in holidays.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 2:23 pm to Bunk Moreland
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There is already fatigue now by the time of the championship game
People are tired of college football?
If the expanded playoff is going to be THAT boring and irrelevant, then people can just not watch until the final four teams play.
As a fan, I'm looking forward to the new format.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 3:30 pm to RLDSC FAN
Didn’t they just go through a whole thing where they decided it wasn’t in the sports best interest to have these games anytime that isn’t Saturday unless it was New Year’s Day proper?
And now they’re moving them to mid week? what?
And now they’re moving them to mid week? what?
Posted on 4/27/23 at 4:32 pm to jlovel7
These are kinda new games but in reality they are existing bowl games. They are seeds 5-12. Another reason they will do great is its the leadup to XMas.
While at work on that Wed you go out at lunch and buy your XMas gift for your wife and lock it in trunk. Later that night you tell her you need to to go shopping but instead you head to the local bar to watch the game. Once home you text wife and tell her to hide in kids room as you need to being in her gift without seeing. Then you stagger in door without getting the 3rd degree, head into bedroom (simce you left her gift in garage) and climb into bed. Lots of folks do this and now you will have an actual playoff game where winner moves on, so they will do big ratings.
While at work on that Wed you go out at lunch and buy your XMas gift for your wife and lock it in trunk. Later that night you tell her you need to to go shopping but instead you head to the local bar to watch the game. Once home you text wife and tell her to hide in kids room as you need to being in her gift without seeing. Then you stagger in door without getting the 3rd degree, head into bedroom (simce you left her gift in garage) and climb into bed. Lots of folks do this and now you will have an actual playoff game where winner moves on, so they will do big ratings.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:06 pm to RLDSC FAN
Why are they not playing the first week after conference championships?
It seems like it should be 12/14 Round 1, 12/21 Quarterfinals, New Years Semifinals, First or Second Week of January national championship.
Who is going to travel for a quarterfinal bowl on New Years then travel for a semifinal and national title game on weeknights?
Even putting aside the money issue, that gets hard to work just in terms of vacation days.
It seems like it should be 12/14 Round 1, 12/21 Quarterfinals, New Years Semifinals, First or Second Week of January national championship.
Who is going to travel for a quarterfinal bowl on New Years then travel for a semifinal and national title game on weeknights?
Even putting aside the money issue, that gets hard to work just in terms of vacation days.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:18 pm to RLDSC FAN
im way behind on all of this.
the first round (5-12 seeds) are at home stadiums?
the quarterfinals and semis are at traditional bowl game sites? and then the final is the same as it is now rotating between sites that may or may not be traditional bowl sites?
is any of that correct?
when do the arguments start about the 5 seed being better than the 4 seed?
the first round (5-12 seeds) are at home stadiums?
the quarterfinals and semis are at traditional bowl game sites? and then the final is the same as it is now rotating between sites that may or may not be traditional bowl sites?
is any of that correct?
when do the arguments start about the 5 seed being better than the 4 seed?
This post was edited on 4/27/23 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:30 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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the first round (5-12 seeds) are at home stadiums? the quarterfinals and semis are at traditional bowl game sites? and then the final is the same as it is now rotating between sites that may or may not be traditional bowl sites? is any of that correct?
Yes, it’s all correct.
It’s a travesty that this system is moving all the biggest games off campus to sterile environments.
A gameday on a college campus is one of America’s great and truly unique spectacles. Everything before the NC should be on campus.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:31 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Isn't that a good thing for the Big 10? You could get some southern teams to finally head up north
I don't think it is going to be the big advantage that they're believing it will be.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:41 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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It’s a travesty that this system is moving all the biggest games off campus to sterile environments.
it doesn't seem like it's doing that at all. it's adding 2 rounds. one round of home games on campuses. one additional round of neutral site games.
Posted on 4/29/23 at 11:04 am to rockchlkjayhku11
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it doesn't seem like it's doing that at all. it's adding 2 rounds. one round of home games on campuses. one additional round of neutral site games.
In practice, any regular season top 5 matchup like Alabama-LSU, UGA-AU, Ohio State-Michigan won’t eliminate either team anymore.
That means those games on campus won’t be as important as the 3 rounds of neutral site playoff games.
The only punishment for Alabama losing to UT and LSU is they have to play a first round home game against Tulane? That dramatically reduces the significance of Alabama@UT and Alabama@LSU.
Posted on 4/29/23 at 11:36 am to Bunk Moreland
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am with you. There is already fatigue now by the time of the championship game. Playing the quarters on NYD will make it worse.
Didn’t stop the NFL from increasing regular season games. $$$$$
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